transportation
    n 1: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
         for the movement of passengers or goods [syn:
         transportation system, transportation, transit]
    2: the act of moving something from one location to another
       [syn: transportation, transport, transfer,
       transferral, conveyance]
    3: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn:
       fare, transportation]
    4: the United States federal department that institutes and
       coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
       [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation,
       DoT]
    5: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn:
       transportation, shipping, transport]
    6: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in
       exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony";
       "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one
       of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation,
       expatriation, transportation]

Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F.
   transportation.]
   1. The act of transporting, or the state of being
      transported; carriage from one place to another; removal;
      conveyance.
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            To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
                                                  H. Wotton.
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   2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.
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TRANSPORTATION, punishment. In the English law, this punishment is inflicted 
by virtue of sundry statutes; it was unknown to the common law. 2 H. Bl. 
223. It is a part of the judgment or sentence of the court, that the party 
shall be transported or sent into exile. 1 Ch. Cr. Law, 789 to 796: Princ. 
of Pen. Law, c. 4 Sec. 2.